More children need to be put on anti-retrovirals as the drugs are rolled out to thousands of adults across the country. University of Witwatersrand Dr Haroon Saloojee revealed that only 31 children were accessing treatment in Mpumalanga.

Treating HIV positive people when their CD4 counts are above 200 is not only lifesaving, but also more cost effective, University of Cape Town Professor Robin Wood told a conference in Johannesburg.